"... and a further litany of disturbances I have no wish burdensomely to elucidate."

[kageygirl]

That's from the preface of a book* I'm reading, where the author is saying that the publisher was awesome about the book being late ("bore with exceeding kindness delays in producing the manuscript"), and then rattles off a number of reasons why, and then ended the sentence with that. I think that's a terribly well-mannered way of saying, "dude, my shit was HOSED." And is in the running for my new LJ title.

*Pleasures & Pastimes in Medieval England by Compton Reeves, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1995.

Comments

[shetiger.livejournal.com]

LOL.

I'd crib it, but it'd take too long to type out.

[temaris.livejournal.com]

::g::

I sort of get the feeling he spent a little more time in the middle ages than was wise.

I wonder why you'd be spending time there too.

*blink*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

::grin:: That would scarily work for so many things...

[darkseaglass.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love that. (Research?)

[miera-c.livejournal.com]

Ow.

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

Heee! We love us some creative use of the language!

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

...that is be-yooooo-tiful. Seriously, thank you for sharing. *giggles appreciatively*